misstate
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Rumanes’ lawsuit describes a “culture of deception” at Live Nation, saying its “basic business model was to misstate and exaggerate financial figures in efforts to solicit and secure business.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
"Anytime someone discusses facts from memory, it is possible to inadvertently misstate details, even if small," he said.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
“It’s only those who don’t take the time to read it who will misstate it,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
To misstate such business troubles is skating on the thin ice of libel, and newspapers are careful.
From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell
Mr. Burke misstates the date the Air France plane was hijacked as July 6, 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Nikola said Milton's social media post "misstates the facts," adding in a statement to Reuters that the proposal to increase its share base could pass without his support.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023
Even with access to the latest online information, it still misstates facts and generates misinformation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
In the argument there is this great fault, that it misstates the question at the outset.
From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Arnold, Thomas
A previous version of this report misstated the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“EBR Systems Clears Stock Overhang With Capital Raise — Market Talk,” at 0035 GMT, misstated the amount as 0.38 Australian cents a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Correction, April 21, 2026: This piece originally misstated that Maska left NewsNation after the 2024 election was decided.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
An earlier version of yesterday’s newsletter misstated the number of companies as 290 in the body and the graphic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The writer may have failed fully to comprehend the facts, and so may have partially misstated them.
From The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by Scott-Elliot, W.
“Santander’s decision to broadly market its new stated-income policy, even to dealers with a history of misstating income, led to a significant spike in the number of early payment defaults.”
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the courtroom, government lawyers actually told Judge Howell that these officials “don’t necessarily understand” legal “terms of art” like reasonable suspicion and probable cause and that they were just misstating the policy.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2025
She was arrested two years later on charges she defrauded the bank by misstating the amount of customers the startup had and was convicted in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
If you think of immigrants as labor only, you are misstating the point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Surely I am not misstating its position when I say that forcible suppression was the creed of this Commission.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
